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Let me just start by saying that if you ever get the chance to see Counting Crows live, no matter what the cost, do it. Anybody reading this hoping to see me write that it was ‘more like counting sheep’ will be disappointed.The NIA is, surprisingly, sparsely populated. There are hundreds of empty seats and the amount of space allocated for standing has been grossly over-estimated by the

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This is the first night of McFly’s ‘Up Close and This Time it’s Personal’ tour and the Wolverhampton Civic is absolutely rammed with teenage girls. Once again I must take my hat off to the Birmingham Live! team – I’m in the front row of the balcony seating, directly above the sound desk. I’ve got a perfect, unobstructed view of the stage.American Idol runner-up David Archuleta was scheduled to be

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Headlining band ACODA storm the stage just as the sense of anticipation from tonight's crowd reaches its climax. They fly head first into 'Sleeping Escapade', showing exactly why so many people have been giving the Northamptonshire-based alternative/metal quintet so much hype recently. Massive riffs and stunning harmonies emanate from flying guitars, while incredibly tight bass and drums lend a

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I’ll be honest; prior to this gig I had very little knowledge of Kenny Rogers and his music. All I knew was that he was a massively famous country music singer and song-writer. I’d heard a couple of his songs but think my lack of knowledge is mainly down to my age. A quick search of the ever-unreliable Wikipedia tells me he is not just a singer but a photographer, record producer, actor and

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This is my first time at the NIA and I really don’t know what to expect from tonight’s gig. I haven’t been to a sit-down performance in a very long time and it makes a nice change – there’s no standing at all and I anticipate a much different atmosphere from what I’m used to. As I walk to my seat I am stunned by the number of JLS fans here tonight; it seems everywhere I look there’s a young girl

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ACODA, a Northamptonshire-based band formed from the ashes of This Ocean Between, have finally released their eagerly anticipated free EP 'Characters'. To see a band giving away their music for free is so refreshing and will certainly do their bid for fame and fortune no harm at all.The six-track EP sees a band who really matured under their previous guise finally producing something that could

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Already excited by the prospect of seeing some decent metal in such a small venue, I was stunned to find out the gig would actually be taking place in a smaller room at the back of the Barfly – a room I didn’t even know existed until tonight. This room is tiny. I mean miniscule. I find myself wondering how on Earth a five-man band are going to fit on stage, as the room itself only holds just over

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Due to a cock-up in the box office I only arrive at the Wulfrun Hall in time to see the last few songs of four-piece Last Gang’s set. What I do see is enough to assure me that this is a band that, while being very tight and not doing anything wrong, seems to be lacking that special something required to make them stand out in the music business. Last Gang could be described as a clean-cut,

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I arrive at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall at around 7.15pm, with just enough time to grab a typically over-priced beer and soak up the atmosphere – it’s one of intense anticipation from the crowd, which is quickly filling to its capacity of just over 3000 people. The lights go down and the first support act, Will and the People, take to the stage. The hoards of young girls scream, thinking

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